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In this Issue Sprint's Clearwire buyout could save unlimited data plans 4 smokin' hot startups: The next tech boom INSIDER Cloudera CEO: We're taking Hadoop beyond MapReduce DDoS attacks against US banks peaked at 60 Gbps 6 Ways Social Media Affected the Enterprise in 2012 The Coolest Tools of 2012 Microsoft mulls Internet Explorer information disclosure leak What to do when your phone upgrade demands brawn over beauty WCIT treaty includes controversial Internet proposal, keeps content out Only two people wait for iPhone 5 launch at Beijing Apple store Dell scraps Android smartphones in favor of Windows 8 tablets 12 Ways the iPad Is Changing Healthcare RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial Sprint's Clearwire buyout could save unlimited data plans Sprint Nextel's proposed buyout of network partner Clearwire may be inevitable, and it could help Sprint keep its signature unlimited mobile data plans alive. Read More 4 smokin' hot startups: The next tech boom Social networks are dead, and smart VC money is pouring into enterprise startups like Shoutlet, Asana, Narrative Science, and Delphix Read More INSIDER Cloudera CEO: We're taking Hadoop beyond MapReduce In an exclusive interview, the voluble CEO of Cloudera, Mike Olson, holds forth on the company's new Impala project and the boundless potential of Hadoop Read More DDoS attacks against US banks peaked at 60 Gbps Some of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that targeted the websites of U.S. financial institutions this week have peaked at 60 Gbps, according to researchers from DDoS mitigation provider Arbor Networks. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! 6 Ways Social Media Affected the Enterprise in 2012 Social media has changed more than the way companies market and promote themselves. Social networking has also changed the way companies recruit, how they communicate internally and how they handle sensitive data. Read More The Coolest Tools of 2012 With the last column of the year, instead of doing some additional reviews I wanted to present a list of my favorite devices/gadgets that I tried during the year. If you still haven't completed your holiday shopping yet, there's still some time left to try and grab one of these. Read More Microsoft mulls Internet Explorer information disclosure leak Microsoft refuted claims on Thursday that an information disclosure leak in its Internet Explorer browser poses a privacy risk, arguing that the company publicizing the issue is seeking to put its competitors in an unfavorable light. Read More What to do when your phone upgrade demands brawn over beauty When Ferguson Enterprises decided to upgrade mobile phones for thousands of employees, the plumbing supplies distributor opted for a chunky, 12-ounce handset with a 3.7-inch screen, running a version of Microsoft Windows Mobile, and able to stand up to repeated 6-foot drops to polished concrete. Hadn't they heard of the iPhone? Or the Samsung Galaxy S III? Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now WCIT treaty includes controversial Internet proposal, keeps content out The final treaty of the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai includes a new provision that the treaty does not address content-related aspects of telecommunications, but retains a controversial proposal on fostering the growth of the Internet. Read More Only two people wait for iPhone 5 launch at Beijing Apple store As Apple launched its iPhone 5 in China on Friday, interest at one of the company's stores in Beijing was muted, with only two people waiting in line minutes before the store opened its doors at 8 a.m. Read More Dell scraps Android smartphones in favor of Windows 8 tablets Dell doesn't plan on returning to the Android smartphone market any time soon, announcing that it will focus instead on creating Windows 8 touch-enabled computers and tablets. Read More 12 Ways the iPad Is Changing Healthcare For an industry that has tried to avoid technology, healthcare is embracing the iPad. Here's a look at how it's being used today and the promise it holds for tomorrow. Read More
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